What would you change on the Disco/TD5 and why.

**rangieman** · 10th August 2017, 10:57 PM

Originally Posted by johntins

Manifolds and support, fuel cooler, injector loom, alternator/vac pump, starter motor, crank position sensor, harmonic balancer ( not strictly ancillary ), I'm sure there are more. All these things, apart from the harmonic balancer, are mainly nuisance value, but they are things that could have been done SO much better for no extra cost. The harmonic balancer is something else.

Seriously, I meant it when I said that the TD5 is a great engine. It performs like a common rail but it isn't one. A little more torque would be nice, but a simple chip or flash will fix that. Couple that with a simple turbo upgrade and you'll be amazed. (ATM I'm driving a V8 D2. I'd much prefer my chipped TD5. )

You'll also be p....ed off when something simple lets you down.

Something simple like autos

Flex plate

and cooler lines

Oh and a very short life span on you auto to boot

**Tins** · 10th August 2017, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by rangieman

Something simple like autos

Flex plate

and cooler lines

Oh and a very short life span on you auto to boot

Of course, R380s are bullet proof.....

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**rangieman** · 10th August 2017, 11:09 PM

Originally Posted by johntins

Of course, R380s are bullet proof.....

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A darn sight better than that pus box you girls rave about

**Tins** · 10th August 2017, 11:23 PM

Originally Posted by rangieman

A darn sight better than that pus box you girls rave about

They all look the same on a tow truck, Chris, which is where the car that those pics came from wound up. My son, his wife, their then baby and there two dogs completed their journey from Warragul to Seymour in my D2, after it towed them to my place.

**dinosaur** · 11th August 2017, 10:39 AM

I'd just like to begin with paint that didn't peel off.

**PhilipA** · 11th August 2017, 10:44 AM

I'd just like to begin with paint that didn't peel off.

Blame the greenies in The EEC, as all manufacturers were forced to change from solvent based to water based paints before then.
Have a look at a 2000s any car and the clear coat is peeling, if they have been in the sun. And the Europeans have always had ****ty paint. I remember in 1980 at BMW the clear coat was peeling on some colours

Regards Philip A

**rangieman** · 11th August 2017, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by johntins

They all look the same on a tow truck, Chris, which is where the car that those pics came from wound up. My son, his wife, their then baby and there two dogs completed their journey from Warragul to Seymour in my D2, after it towed them to my place.

And do we have to keep banging heads here really

It is proven the Auto behind the TD5 is nowhere upto scratch to a R380 with the right care and maintenance will out last ya sludge box and crappy ancillary`s easily

**Disco Muppet** · 11th August 2017, 04:33 PM

Behind a ZFHP22

What would you change on the Disco/TD5 and why.

**akula** · 11th August 2017, 05:26 PM

Lateral leg room for driver
Better windscreen plenum
More than 10 candle power headlights
Non-Wabco ABS

**lyonsy** · 11th August 2017, 07:03 PM

that is why i haven't chipped td5 if anything id put a fuel economy chip in to try and increase the auto's life but i also just clicked over 300'000

how many km's does a manual get from a clutch and that lovely dual mass pos flywheel?

and hey could be worse we could of got the 5 speed from the l322 td6

it makes the 22 look bullet proof

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